GOOGLIZE
October 29, 2011 3:33 PM Subscribe
Magic cards with googly eyes. Also, Pokemon cards with googly eyes. Other things with googly eyes. More other things with googly eyes. (Via Ask Surprise [warning: PONY].)
I just finished googly-eyeing all my cards. Sure hope this increases the value.
posted by Bwentman at 3:36 PM on October 29, 2011
posted by Bwentman at 3:36 PM on October 29, 2011
They may not be googly, but they sure are eyes: Eyes for Christmas, vinyl eye stickers stuck on a variety of things.
posted by filthy light thief at 3:41 PM on October 29, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by filthy light thief at 3:41 PM on October 29, 2011 [2 favorites]
"ITS MY PARTY AND I'LL SCRY IF I WANT TO"
posted by Blasdelb at 3:42 PM on October 29, 2011 [6 favorites]
posted by Blasdelb at 3:42 PM on October 29, 2011 [6 favorites]
Caspar Babypants sings about googly eyes.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 3:44 PM on October 29, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 3:44 PM on October 29, 2011 [3 favorites]
Magic: The Googling.
posted by MrVisible at 3:46 PM on October 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by MrVisible at 3:46 PM on October 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
I have an ex-boyfriend who's a puppeteer, so I've seen more than my share of googly eyes glued to weird things. Clearly I missed my opportunity to capitalize on this.
posted by mykescipark at 3:58 PM on October 29, 2011
posted by mykescipark at 3:58 PM on October 29, 2011
Oh god, it's like being stuck in a lift with the character designers from Rare!
posted by ArmyOfKittens at 4:29 PM on October 29, 2011 [6 favorites]
posted by ArmyOfKittens at 4:29 PM on October 29, 2011 [6 favorites]
I carry googly eyes with me everywhere I go just in case a googly situation presents itself.
posted by elizardbits at 4:32 PM on October 29, 2011
posted by elizardbits at 4:32 PM on October 29, 2011
At a meetup a few years ago, someone (I think it was aubilenon) brought FSM cookies with googly eyes. They were excellent.
posted by rtha at 4:33 PM on October 29, 2011
posted by rtha at 4:33 PM on October 29, 2011
Flickr googly eye project. Oh flickr, is there anything you don't have a group for.
posted by Ad hominem at 5:16 PM on October 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Ad hominem at 5:16 PM on October 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
Yeah, I'm keeping an eye on this thread.
posted by googly at 5:41 PM on October 29, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by googly at 5:41 PM on October 29, 2011 [3 favorites]
My 3-year-old LOVES that Caspar Babypants song. We listen to it 10x a day, easy.
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed at 5:44 PM on October 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed at 5:44 PM on October 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
If you google "googly eyes" does the world asplode? 9_6
posted by not_on_display at 5:54 PM on October 29, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by not_on_display at 5:54 PM on October 29, 2011 [2 favorites]
Just when I thought Tentacool couldn't be any cooler.
posted by ignignokt at 5:58 PM on October 29, 2011
posted by ignignokt at 5:58 PM on October 29, 2011
What about googly eyes with googly eyes on them?
posted by Strange Interlude at 6:26 PM on October 29, 2011
posted by Strange Interlude at 6:26 PM on October 29, 2011
'Round the time "The Dark" came out, I created a tournament deck, red and blue, and stuffed it full of big-mana monsters, and four mana-drains and counter-spells and anything else from Ice Age and the standard set that would let me buy time.
This was when the "fastbind" trick was popular... small, svelte decks based around putting as much mana on the table in a single turn as was possible, and funneling it into a single blast.
But the deal was, I'd always, always have at least two blue mana. And usually either a counterspell or mana-drain instant.
The best was mana-drain... you take their nineteen mana and pump it into a rock hydra or leviathan. Then they get enraged that you didn't roll over and die with your "loser" red and blue deck.
I was about to take my show on the road, but I got a job that wasn't comic-book store or movie theater related, and became interested in poker, and never found the time to be a Champeen M:TG pro.
Occasionally, I contemplate buying a box of starter sets and a box of whatever expansion set is out there now, and having another go at it.
Then I remember how awesome the Star Trek, illuminati and Vampire: The Jyhad card games were, and lose interest again.
The Star Trek game, especially - Away missions =and= massive space battles? Holy hell was that game fun... hard to find opponents with good decks, tho.
posted by Slap*Happy at 6:37 PM on October 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
This was when the "fastbind" trick was popular... small, svelte decks based around putting as much mana on the table in a single turn as was possible, and funneling it into a single blast.
But the deal was, I'd always, always have at least two blue mana. And usually either a counterspell or mana-drain instant.
The best was mana-drain... you take their nineteen mana and pump it into a rock hydra or leviathan. Then they get enraged that you didn't roll over and die with your "loser" red and blue deck.
I was about to take my show on the road, but I got a job that wasn't comic-book store or movie theater related, and became interested in poker, and never found the time to be a Champeen M:TG pro.
Occasionally, I contemplate buying a box of starter sets and a box of whatever expansion set is out there now, and having another go at it.
Then I remember how awesome the Star Trek, illuminati and Vampire: The Jyhad card games were, and lose interest again.
The Star Trek game, especially - Away missions =and= massive space battles? Holy hell was that game fun... hard to find opponents with good decks, tho.
posted by Slap*Happy at 6:37 PM on October 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
What about kids drawings with googly eyes... or kids with multiple googly eyes?
posted by greenhornet at 6:44 PM on October 29, 2011
posted by greenhornet at 6:44 PM on October 29, 2011
I was hoping to get a little nostalgia rush from the pokemon link but I don't think I recognized one of those pokemons (pokemans?).
posted by addelburgh at 6:46 PM on October 29, 2011
posted by addelburgh at 6:46 PM on October 29, 2011
pardon me but i belive you mean mefi's own caspar babypants
posted by elizardbits at 6:47 PM on October 29, 2011
posted by elizardbits at 6:47 PM on October 29, 2011
Slap*Happy, that's wonderful, but NOT ENOUGH GOOGLY.
I invoke the terrible power of that ancient fell god, the Great Googly-Moogly!
G O O G L Y
posted by JHarris at 6:52 PM on October 29, 2011
I invoke the terrible power of that ancient fell god, the Great Googly-Moogly!
posted by JHarris at 6:52 PM on October 29, 2011
OMFGWTFBBQ!
Someone else who played Jyhad?
I ditched my decks years ago to a friend because I could NOT find another player anywhere and staring at the card art only goes so far...
posted by Samizdata at 6:54 PM on October 29, 2011
Someone else who played Jyhad?
I ditched my decks years ago to a friend because I could NOT find another player anywhere and staring at the card art only goes so far...
posted by Samizdata at 6:54 PM on October 29, 2011
How about Christopher Walken and his Cacti
posted by hot_monster at 7:17 PM on October 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by hot_monster at 7:17 PM on October 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
I totally played the Star Trek game... but mechanics wise, I always thought it was horrible. However, I played before they revamped the game and cleaned up the rules.
posted by utsutsu at 8:00 PM on October 29, 2011
posted by utsutsu at 8:00 PM on October 29, 2011
2nding hot_monster--this post requires a viewing of Christopher Walken's googly-eyed gardening tips: alternate link for Hulu-blocked mefites.
posted by prinado at 11:24 PM on October 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by prinado at 11:24 PM on October 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
I too have a bag of adhesive eyes I carry for this purpose.
posted by Iteki at 1:13 AM on October 30, 2011
posted by Iteki at 1:13 AM on October 30, 2011
My 3-year-old LOVES that Caspar Babypants song
My 3 year old loves Magic cards, but I can't seem to convince him that spending 7 mana for a 6/6 with trample just isn't worth it outside of a draft.
posted by Dr.Enormous at 6:38 AM on October 30, 2011 [1 favorite]
My 3 year old loves Magic cards, but I can't seem to convince him that spending 7 mana for a 6/6 with trample just isn't worth it outside of a draft.
posted by Dr.Enormous at 6:38 AM on October 30, 2011 [1 favorite]
How about Christopher Walken and his Cacti
That explains why my coworker found it necessary to put googly eyes on my (sadly departed) air plant
posted by bluesapphires at 8:29 AM on October 30, 2011
That explains why my coworker found it necessary to put googly eyes on my (sadly departed) air plant
posted by bluesapphires at 8:29 AM on October 30, 2011
The best office prank I ever did was to googlize a coworkers desk. Which meant applying eyes of various sizes to everything. Phone, keyboard, mouse, computer screen, paper clips, stapler, pens/pencils, chair, walls, plant, ethernet cord, etc. It was sort of creepy when it was done since everything stared back at you. That was a few years ago and we still have some of those supplies floating around the office. Some new person won't know why their stapler has eyes, but they sure enjoy it.
posted by msbutah at 9:25 AM on October 30, 2011
posted by msbutah at 9:25 AM on October 30, 2011
In college, I worked at a coffee shop that had plastic fruit (!) in the planters. I begoogled many of the little fruit pieces. Made the job a little more palatable.
posted by SheaCoin at 11:11 AM on October 30, 2011
posted by SheaCoin at 11:11 AM on October 30, 2011
I have an ex-boyfriend who's a puppeteer, so I've seen more than my share of googly eyes glued to weird things.
Go on ...
posted by zippy at 11:41 AM on October 30, 2011
Go on ...
posted by zippy at 11:41 AM on October 30, 2011
Dammit, I was going to make a comment using the astrological symbols for crescent and balsamic moon for googly eyes, but no browser I've found has a font that supports them. WHY FOR YOU HATE GOOGLY EYES FIREFOX/GOOGLE/MICROSOFT/APPLE?
For the record, the relevant symbols are:
🌘🌒
posted by JHarris at 3:07 PM on October 30, 2011
For the record, the relevant symbols are:
🌘🌒
posted by JHarris at 3:07 PM on October 30, 2011
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